Category: farm

LIVE NOW: Chairman Thompson to Host Farm Bill Listening Session in Waco, Texas

Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.), will host a farm bill listening session in Waco, Texas. Thompson will be joined by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), along with bipartisan Members of the House Committee on Agriculture. The event will bring together farmers, ranchers, producers, agribusiness owners, and solicit public feedback—an integral…


Chairman Thompson to Host Farm Bill Listening Session in Waco, Texas

Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.), will host a farm bill listening session in Waco, Texas. Thompson will be joined by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), along with bipartisan Members of the House Committee on Agriculture. The event will bring together farmers, ranchers, producers, agribusiness owners, and solicit public feedback—an integral…


Egg Prices Will Fall Nearly 30 Percent This Year, US Farm Agency Says

ARLINGTON, Va.—Having lingered near record highs for months, egg prices will fall dramatically this year provided the United States does not see a rebound in outbreaks of bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday. The price drop would be a welcome relief to shoppers who have paid much more for eggs…


Worker Pleads Not Guilty to Killing 7 at California Farms

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—A farmworker charged with killing seven people last month in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms pleaded not guilty Thursday. Chunli Zhao, 66, is charged with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Prosecutors said that on Jan. 23 he opened fire at the Half Moon Bay mushroom…


Ranchers Since 1878: Dad With Over 100,000 Acres Says He’ll Pass It on Intact to One of His Kids

When this Idaho-based rancher family’s six children reach the age of nine, they become bonafide cowboys and girls. It was their third great-grandfather, Frank Carl Herman Bedke, who started ranching in 1878, and now their father, Ryan Bedke, a fifth-generation rancher, is working hard to carry on the practice the traditional way. Thirty-nine-year-old Bedke lives with…


Silicon Valley Layoffs Are a Boon for Tech-Hungry Farm Equipment Makers

Big agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the American Midwest are on a mission to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who have been caught up in a wave of hiring freezes and layoffs, executives told Reuters. Mass layoffs at major tech firms have opened the talent pipeline for Illinois-based Deere & Co.—the world’s largest tractor…


From Hunting to Growing a Family’s Supply of Produce, Stacy Lyn Harris Can Do—and Cook—It All

About an hour outside Montgomery, Alabama, there are seven acres of green fields, carefully grafted fruit trees, a garden, and natural woodland. Here, deer, elk, squirrels, rabbits, quail, ducks, wild turkeys, and doves live and forage, eating the acorns dropped by the oaks, grazing freely in the fields, and enjoying the fruit from the trees….


How a Once-Struggling Indiana Farm Found Success, and Hope, When They Embraced Farming Practices that Nurture the Soil

If you drive through the countryside of Roanoke, Indiana, you will see acres of corn and soybean crops. This is fertile farm country, and this is what you’d might expect. However, if you’re lucky, you will find yourself at Seven Sons Farms, owned by the Hitzfield family, and here you’ll discover something surprising. At Seven…


‘Everyone’s Hungry for Home’: Family Spends 2 Years Transforming 305-Year-Old Farm Into Their Happy Home

A mom of five and property renovator has built the home of her dreams, a transformed 305-year-old farmhouse that embodies her family’s philosophy: invest in the people you love. Now, her message is spreading far beyond the walls of her happy home. California-born Ruth McKeaney, 54, lives outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bob….


Little Foal Is Excited To Go Out to Pasture With Mom

This joyful little horse is gonna make your day! …